Cuba regrets the death of migrants in a traffic accident in Mexico
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, expressed in his x account his condolences to the relatives of the Cuban irregular migrants who died and were injured in an accident Sunday on a highway in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The Cuban president assured that the island’s embassy in Mexico “provides consular assistance” and urged “to use regular, safe and orderly channels for emigration.” The traffic accident occurred in the section between Pijijiapan and Tonalá on the coast of Chiapas when the truck carrying about 40 foreigners allegedly overturned, civil protection sources said.
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FURTHER CLAIMS IN THE UNITED STATES TO END THE BLOCKADE AGAINST CUBA
“Cuba is love” was a phrase heard in the voices of expatriates and supportive friends from the city of Miami advocating for the lifting of the US blockade on the island. Despite heavy rain at times, participants gathered at Miami International Airport with signs reading: “Remove Cuba from the list of sponsors of terrorism,” “Bridges of Love,” “Down with the blockade,” while chanting slogans and calls in support of the archipelago. “Once again in Miami the seeds of love have triumphed over hate,” said the Cuban Roberto Yis in an interview, who assured that Cuban Americans, American friends and simply people of good will in the face of harassment and provocation have joined this initiative. (PL)
LULA RECEIVES DISCHARGE AFTER HIP SURGERY
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was released early this Sunday on medical grounds after undergoing on Friday a total hip arthroplasty, an operation in which the joint is replaced by a prosthesis, and another operation in plastic, in order Remove excess skin on the eyelids. The head of state began his recovery at the official residence, Alvorada Palace, which was expected to last three to four weeks. The hospital had previously reported that Lula had spent the night in a stable condition, that he was still recovering and had already walked and walked up and down stairs “with the support of physiotherapists”. (DW)
ARGENTINA IN ITS FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BEFORE ELECTIONS
Argentina’s five presidential candidates faced their first debate this Sunday before the October 22 election, in which they presented their campaign proposals. The event was organized by the National Electoral Chamber (CNE) at the Forum Convention Center in the province of Santiago del Estero, in the northwest of the country. It was broadcast on public television and through the CNE’s YouTube channel, coordinated by the National University of Santiago del Estero. The applicants Javier Milei (La Libertad Avanza), Sergio Massa (Unión por la Patria), Patricia Bullrich (Together for Change), Juan Schiaretti (We do for Our Country) and Myriam Bregman (Front of the Left and the Workers-Unit) . (RT)